Cork-fastener.



Patented Sept. 23, I902.

No. 70.9,53I.

R. BLEZlNGER. CORK FASTENER.

(Application filed Mar. 15, 1902.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Urrrcn.

RICHARD BLEZINGER, OF CRAILSHEIM, GERMANY.

CORK-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,531, datedSeptember 23, 1 902.

Application filed March 15, 1902. Serial No. 95?,412. (No model.)

To all 1072,0712 it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BLEZINGER, of Crailsheim, Kingdom ofWiirtemberg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cork-Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspeci' fication.

The cork-fastener forming the object of my present invention relates tothat class of corkholders consisting of a spring-wire yoke which on theone side grasps the neck of the bottle and on the other side the cork ofthe bottle, so as to attain a sure but easily-removable coupling betweenbottle and cork. Over the corlcfasteners of this kind my holderhas theadvantage that the yoke grasping the neck of the bottle is provided withspiral windings at the place where it passes into the lateral curvedpieces connected with the cork. This peculiar form gives it a certainpower of expansion and renders it in a high degree capable of resistingthe pressure of the cork. A cork-fastener of this kind is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows it in connectionwith a bottle when closed. Fig. 2 illustrates the same when open. Fig. 3is a front view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a View of the fastener on anenlarged scale. Figs. 5 to? illustrate a second modification in severalviews, and the Figs. 8 to 9 represent the employment of the same onmedicine-bottles. Figs. 10 to 12 are views of a third modification forfiat corks, and Figs. 13 to 14 show the said fasteners on a bottle.

The fastener consists of a single piece of spring wire or steel, whichmay be provided with a suitable coating, so that it does not becomerusty. The yoke or loop a, having the form of a horseshoe-shaped clip,grasps the neck of the bottle and is supported against the top 6 of thebottle. The lateral curved pieces I) Z), which are arrangedperpendicular to the loop a, are formed to conform with the top of thebottle. For this purpose the pieces 3) at the upper end are providedwith an inwardlycurved portion 1), giving also the points or ends 0 agreater resistance. The pieces I) engage with their bent and pointedends 0 in the cork d and there form a pivot for the fastener. This canbe released from the neck of the bottle by turning it sidewise, Fig. 2,and be removed from the bottle, together with the cork. In corking thebottle the fastener is forced down until the loop (1 again clasps theneck of the bottle. In the closed position the fastener forms a means ofconnect-ion between cork and bottle and prevents the cork coming out ofitself.

In order to give the fastener the power of expansion required for a firmhold and also to render it capable of resisting as much as possible notonly the upward pressure of the cork (for instance, with effervescingbeverages) but also strain and bending, the loop (6 is provided withspiral windings f at the place where it passes into the part b, and thepiece bin its lower portions engages under the loop 0. with inwardcurves g, so that they are supported by the loop, which when pulling atthe fastener very hard prevents the parts bending at f.

The said fastener has still the advantage that it can be at any timeused again for a new cork or another bottle without it being necessaryto alter its shape in any way.

The ends 0 may also be placed over the cork and connected by a tubularor flat c; ten-piece. Such a modification is illustrated by Figs. 5 to9. The construction corresponds in the essential parts with theaforesaid. The parts Z) are here not terminating in points a, but areconnected by a tubular piece it, so that in applying the fastener on thebottle the tubular piece h is placed directly over the cork.

The modification represented by Figs. 10 to 1.4,which is also providedwith spiral windings f and inward curves g, is especiallyintended forflat corks in medicine-bottles. In this construction instead of thetubular piece h I employ a round plate 2', which is also secured at theparts Z). In applying the fastener the said plate is directly placedover the cork, covering it in its whole surface.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The improved cork-fastener herein described and shown consisting of asingle tegral wire or red having a U-shaped b portion adapted to fitaround the neck the ends of the base portion, horizontal arms extendinginward from the coils toward and engaging under the base portion andthen extending outward from the same, vertical arms rising from the endsof said horizontal arms and having inwardly-curved portions at theirupper ends, and holding points or pins extending horizontally inwardfrom the ends of said curved portions.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

RICHARD BLEZINGER. Witnesses:

KARL Boson, ERNST ENTENMAR.

